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[Schema Inaccuracy] Fetching Issues, redirects to Pull Requests instead #3506
Description
Schema Inaccuracy
When fetching issues for the rails project using the GitHub API, the html_url provided in the API response incorrectly redirects to a pull request URL rather than the expected issue URL.
Expected
For an issue fetched from the GitHub API, the expected html_url format should directly link to the issue page on GitHub, following the pattern:
Expected URL Format: https://github.com/rails/rails/issues/<issue_id>The actual URL format in the API response is:
Actual URL Redirect: https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/<issue_id>Reproduction Steps
- Use the GitHub API to fetch issues related to the Rails project (e.g., curl -X GET https://api.github.com/repos/rails/rails/issues).
- Inspect the
html_urlfield in the API response for any issue.
Activity
[-][Schema Inaccuracy] Fetching Rails Issues, redirects to Pull Requests instead[/-][+][Schema Inaccuracy] Fetching Issues, redirects to Pull Requests instead[/+]shiftkey commentedon Apr 11, 2024
@Jonas56 thanks for the feedback! There's a note in the documentation that describes more about this historical context:
Due to compatibility reasons we've had to keep this behaviour around, but there's extra context in there about how to identify these PRs.
Jonas56 commentedon Apr 12, 2024
Thanks for your response.